Beato to replace Hefner

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#27 RP
Buffalo (AAA)

2012 STATS

GM16

W3

L2

BB9

K18

ERA1.12

After allowing a pair of inherited runners to score in the eighth, then a two-run homer to Ty Wigginton during a three-run ninth that capped Philadelphia's 9-2 win Wednesday, Jeremy Hefner was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo.

Pedro Beato will join the Mets on Thursday.

Beato is 3-2 with a 1.12 ERA in 16 relief appearances with Buffalo this season. He has allowed 15 hits and walked nine (three intentionally) while striking out 18 in 24 innings.